The next month Chunjia looked bad when he was at court. All the courtiers looked at him and were naturally trembling with fear.
If there are too many ministers, it is inevitable that some will dare to make mistakes and remonstrate directly.
That day, someone winked at his colleagues and insisted on going out to request a thorough investigation into Zheng Ju's death.
The reason is that although Zheng Ju was an eunuch, he was not an important minister during his lifetime. After his family was imprisoned, he was not formally convicted until the Ming Dynasty, but he disappeared in a daze in the imperial prison.
If we don't get to the bottom of it, there will inevitably be criticism among the public, which will be detrimental to our reputation; the second one is whether Zheng Judong Prison was related to the imperial concubine, and maybe his death will be silenced? Follow that clue to the east, and you can gain something if you can't say it; the third question is whether Zheng Ju is the father-in-law of Princess Yun'an. The emperor always treated Xiaozong's flesh and blood favorably, but the Zheng family's Dongyue Prince Consort's family was not among them. This is a clear example.
So, if the eldest princess's father-in-law is gone, the Tian family can't just be so indifferent and continue to keep the Zheng family in Dongguan, right
That's really a bit nonsense.
Chunjia was in a hurry to deal with the court meeting so that he could discuss it with the imperial concubine. After hearing what he said, he pondered for a moment and felt that it made sense, so he decided to make a quick decision and let the ministers discuss it. How to solve the problem
The ministers exchanged glances hesitantly, asking whether they could understand the emperor's attitude.
In fact, if Zheng Ju was an ordinary minister, they would not need to hesitate like that, and they would definitely try their best to silence the Zheng family.
After all, isn’t it right for things to fall into their own kind
The key is whether Zheng Gu was a eunuch, and whether this status was accepted by the mainstream scholar-officials.
Even if some people had a good relationship with Zheng Ju in the past, or had a good impression of Zheng Ju, they still have to consider whether they would be considered to be fawning over powerful officials and harm their reputation if they said so.
After a while, Duke Yi Guo was encouraged to come out and speak first: "Your Majesty, in addition to thoroughly investigating Zheng Ju, can't you first release the old, weak, women and children of the Zheng family? Especially those children, even if the Zheng family is I'm afraid they don't know anything about what he did in private. As the saying goes, a child is innocent and should be kept at home with one or two women to take care of him. This will not only show that the emperor is tenacious and righteous, but also let the Zheng family live in the east. I am grateful and grateful, I know everything I can say, and I can't avoid hurting innocent people."
Chunjia said, "I'm sorry." "
In fact, the emperor did not think that those ignorant children of the Zheng family were innocent. Zheng Fengpin was not very young when he committed the crime, but why did he show mercy to the common people? Of course, the ignorant children expected that they could not be so cruel. The question was, in the emperor's view, those people were born into the Zheng family and grew up on their own. Their basic necessities, food, clothing, housing and transportation came from Zheng Ju and others, and Zheng Ju and his friends had been doing fish and meat village for many years. If they commit crimes and commit crimes, then these people can grow up on the blood and tears of the common people.
Since they had been nurtured by Zheng Ju and others, they should also bear the consequences of the Zheng family's downfall.
But now that Yi Guo had made it public, the emperor did not intend to refute Yunzhao's reputation for such children, so he agreed smoothly. He thought about it in his heart and went back to hint to the Imperial City Secretary that there was no reason for him to be killed by the Zheng family. The people who lived in the past had their families destroyed one by one. Are Zheng's own children innocent
The emperor once again confirmed in his heart that he wanted to do that because he was ruthless to the people, but he remembered the anger of the Zheng Fengpi case when he was forced to compromise.
When the courtiers saw that Chunjia seemed to be relaxed, people came forward one after another to express their opinions. Most of them were shut up because of Zheng Ju... This was not only because Zheng Fengfeng was running around in the past two months, but also because of Zheng Ju. The relationship with Princess Yun'an. The ministers speculated that even if the emperor didn't like Zheng Ju and didn't care about Zheng Ju's life or death, he should show mercy to Princess Yun'an, right
In the end, is this the blood of Xiaozong
So Chunjia had no other favors except agreeing to let Zheng's children under ten years old leave the imperial edict, and also pointed out two concubines with a reputation of being weak to take care of them.
Does the emperor mean: "When it comes to the palace incident, I can't deal with it this way. If you try too hard, and if someone attacks the palace gate in the future, shouldn't you let it go in an understatement?"
The Dongzi officials did not dare to say anything.
Although everyone thought that Zheng Ju was crazy and would deliberately allow the rebels to enter the city and attack the palace, but Zheng Ju, as the commander of the imperial army at the time, was indeed unable to take responsibility for the matter.
No matter what Buxin said, the emperor was willing to release a few children, and it was considered that the relationship between the ministers and Zheng Ju over the years had been wiped out.
Because the emperor looked unhappy, the courtiers did not bargain any further and decided to send someone to thoroughly investigate the circumstances of Zheng Ju's suicide to determine whether the powerful eunuch was really beyond his control. Murder
Afterwards, the meeting broke up.
Chunjia didn't even go to the imperial study, but went directly to the harem to find Yun Fenghuang.
It turned out that I had just entered the door and saw Yun Fenghuang laboriously bowing to the east. I felt a little pity and stretched out my legs to help him. He said warmly: "Didn't I say that you don't need to be polite during pregnancy? Why do you want to be so restrained? I I have never been so honest since I entered the palace."
At that time, the noble concubines were simply like a mudslide among newlyweds. No matter how noble their births were or how favored they were at home, among the noble ladies who were hired into the palace, who would not tremble with fear when they came in front of him
The selected good family members are even more unreasonable.
As for the imperial concubine, if the emperor is a little more polite, she can climb up the pole.
This made Chunjia wary when she saw her coming...
Now the imperial concubine suddenly became quarrelsome with each other, and the emperor felt a little uncomfortable with it.
"The imperial doctor calculated that confinement is coming soon, so he asked me to rest until I leave." Yun Fenghuang explained, "Besides, it doesn't matter if I say salute. Your Majesty, please think about it, those concubines are pregnant, and it would be very uncomfortable to see the concubine before giving birth. Do you still want to ask for your respects? I haven’t heard of a few people being injured or knocked down because of this.”
Chunjia said: "My first pregnancy was not easy, so naturally we have to be extra cautious."
Yun Fenghuang lamented that it was rare for him to speak human words, but he had no intention of talking about that topic, so he smiled and asked: "Your Majesty, I heard that the previous court discussed the matter of the former hussar general?"
"Does my place have good news?"
"I am well-informed. Someone just came with the words and generous gifts from Princess Yun'an. She said that Princess Yun'an was very worried about her husband's family affairs. So I entrusted you to me. I want you to Can you help me to intercede with Bidong?"
Chunjia's face became a little ugly after hearing those words, and she asked calmly: "Who is so arrogant? I said that I am so heavy that I don't want to bother you about anything!"
"I am a palace servant in the side hall of Mianfu Palace, Don't be angry, Princess Wu. Wu Taibin is the biological mother of Princess Yun'an. When something happens to a daughter, how can a mother not accompany her and worry about it?" What's the truth?" Yun Fenghuang waved his round fan and said with an indifferent expression, "I didn't intend to get involved, so I was just vague and perfunctory. It turns out that Chen Jing pretended to go to the front to inquire about the news, but did you hear that the Ming Yue Dynasty Meeting would happen? They are discussing Zheng's affairs. It can be seen that Yun'an and her daughter are overthinking it. After all, they are the eldest princess's husband's family. Why can't Bidong keep putting off dealing with it? "
The emperor hummed: "If Zheng Ju is dead, many people will not care!"
Yun Fenghuang looked at his expression and said warmly: "Are you a former hussar general? Besides, something happened to him in prison. It's really outrageous!"
Because he remembered that Sun Yu asked someone to intercede with him not long ago to avoid being replaced by the emperor, and the person Chunjia planned to replace Sun Yu seemed to be in charge of Chao Yu, Ru Mingzheng, so he added, "The Chao Yu Ru Ming is not the same." Do you know who is in charge? Even Zheng Ju's request for crime can be solved by himself. It shows that he is a waste! That time, Bi Dongcuo didn't seem to care about Zheng Ju's death. If he could go back and ask for a confession, Where is the plea?"
After saying that, the emperor looked a little strange.
Yun Fenghuang was suddenly startled and thought to himself, could it be that he had noticed that he was giving Sun Yu a sided blow
It turned out that Chunjia pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The prisoner is just following the orders, but he is really using his legs."
"..." Yun Fenghuang was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise, "Does Bi Dong mean that, does Zheng Ju...?"
Chunjia coughed dryly and said, "It's my order."
He knew that the imperial concubine had no relationship with the Zheng family, and even had a grudge against the former imperial concubine Zheng Shangchu, so he had nothing to hide. He said briefly, "Zheng Ju and his son have been in charge of the Forbidden Army for many years, even if they find an excuse to kill them this time." The whole family is in the East Prison, which makes it easier for Jiang Lan to clean up in the East. However, once the father and son leave the imperial prison alive, the imperial army will not be able to say anything and the people will be uneasy, so it is best to kill them."